Wharparilla

20.7% of Wharparilla's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

149 family households lived in Wharparilla; 43.0% were couple families and 8.1% were one-parent families.

33.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Wharparilla had 483 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Wharparilla.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

41.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

54.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

4.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Wharparilla had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 9.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 42.9%, while 31.2% had four or more usual residents.

13.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

72.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 14.5% of the total.

89.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.5% reported a different address.

5.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

5.4% of Wharparilla's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.4% of ancestry responses in Wharparilla.

Australian ancestry made up 47.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

12.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 17.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

37.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.8%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

58.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.2% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.4%.

Median household income was $2,102 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $275 per week.

Working from home was 13.2% in Wharparilla, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 41.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 4.1% in Wharparilla, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..